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Simon Fraser University football players in court asking for axed program’s rebirth
Simon Fraser University is pictured in Burnaby, B.C., Tuesday, Apr 16, 2019. The university has ceased its football program, school president Joy Johnson announced Tuesday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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Battle over Simon Fraser football program heads to B.C. Supreme Court
A Simon Fraser University football helmet is shown in a handout photo. Football Canada and the CFL Players' Association are both throwing their support behind Simon Fraser University's football program. Last week, the school ceased the program amid concerns it would have nowhere to play after the 2023 season. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO/Simon Fraser University **MANDATORY CREDIT**
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CFL commissioner Ambrosie asks for SFU program to continue in Canada
CFL Commissioner Randy Ambrosie addresses the media during the State of the League news conference at Grey Cup week in Edmonton, Friday, November 23, 2018. The Ottawa Redblacks will play the Calgary Stampeders in the 106th Grey Cup on Sunday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
opinion
The key to better and cheaper cancer care may be in our genes
Soyean Kim
british columbia
B.C. Premier David Eby announces more cost-of-living supports to offset inflation
B.C. Premier David Eby makes an announcement in Burnaby, B.C. on Thursday, January 12, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
retirement planning
Retirement didn’t mean travel or new hobbies, because ‘our life at home is so rich’
Professor Mark L. Winston poses for a portrait at his home in Vancouver, B.C., on January 09, 2023. Dr. Winston specializes in bee science. Jimmy Jeong/The Globe and Mail.
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B.C. universities to receive $4.3-million for innovation research funding, Jobs Minister says
People pass by large letters spelling out UBC at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver on Nov. 22, 2015. Four British Columbia universities will receive $4.3 million from a government research and innovation program to help fund projects in the fields of health, technology and natural resources. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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B.C. Medical Services Commission seeks injunction against Telus Health’s fee-based health care program
B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix pauses while responding to questions during a news conference with his provincial counterparts after the first of two days of meetings, in Vancouver, on Monday, November 7, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Simon Fraser University’s new medical school to train next generation of doctors: premier
B.C. Premier David Eby speaks during an announcement about the expansion of a program that assists internationally educated doctors in obtaining a licence to practice in the province, in Richmond, B.C., on Sunday, November 27, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
british columbia
British Columbia overhauling the way it pays family doctors with a new, higher paying model
In this Oct. 30, 2012 photo, a doctor wears a stethoscope around his neck as he tends to patients in his office in Illinois. Ontario family doctors left the profession at the start of the pandemic at double the rate of the years before COVID-19 hit, new research indicates. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Jeff Roberson
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B.C. youth representative calls for data on mental health of children in care
Jennifer Charlesworth, is seen in Victoria on Monday, Dec. 10, 2018. British Columbia's independent representative for children and youth, is calling on the province to start collecting provincial mental health data for children in government care. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Dirk Meissner
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B.C. scientists hopeful in fight against mites that kill honeybees
Jorge E. Macias-Samano, a research scientist at Simon Fraser University, holds a varroa mite trap that was removed from a bee hive at an experimental apiary, in Surrey, B.C., on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022. A team at SFU is testing a chemical compound that appears to kill varroa mites without harming the bees, in hopes it could one day be widely available as a treatment for infested hives. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Canadian team unveils quantum chip made of tiny silicon hockey pucks
Tiny circles indicate the positions of microscopic hockey-pucks etched onto a silicon chip. Each puck is 0.61 millionths of a metre across and contains a slight imperfection that can serve as the basis for a future quantum computer. CREDIT: Simon Fraser University
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Five people in hospital after fire in residential building in Vancouver, chief says
Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services Captain Jonathan Gormick's field kit. Vancouver, B.C. August 29th, 2019.
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Teenage chess master shares wisdom through books
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Canadian professor in Ukraine longs for peace as sirens blare
An overall view of the city Kamianets-Podilskyi, which is in western Ukraine, is shown in a Friday, March 11, 2022 handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Svitlana Matviyenko **MANDATORY CREDIT**
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Burnaby backs gondola to Simon Fraser University as a new form of public transit in Vancouver
The "Chief" is pictured in the background near the top of the newly built Sea to Sky Gondola in Squamish, B.C. on Tuesday, April 29, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
arts
James Hart wins $100,000 Audain Prize as B.C.’s most distinguished artist
James Hart recipient of the 2021 Audain Prize is shown this undated image. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Simon Fraser University * MANDATORY CREDIT*
opinion
Sexual misconduct in the military is the Prime Minister’s responsibility – and failure
Megan Mackenzie
opinion
Preventing the next pandemic: Will Canada contribute or stand aside?
Tania Bubela
canada
Sajjan has lost all credibility on military sex misconduct: experts
Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan attends the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany on Friday, Feb. 14, 2020. Several experts say Sajjan has lost all credibility when it comes to tackling sexual misconduct in the ranks. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
opinion
Are prizes the way to beat vaccine hesitancy in Canada? That’s the wrong question
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Trans Mountain pipeline expansion will cost Canadians billions, SFU study shows
Pipe sections for the Trans Mountain pipeline are unloaded in Edson, Alta., Tuesday, June 18, 2019. North America's polarizing pipeline battles have seen many venues — from the Prime Minister's Office and the U.S. State Department to the windswept plains of Nebraska and Minnesota to judge's chambers on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
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Vaccinating essential workers before seniors in B.C. could save lives, experts say
A Colombian nurse prepares a dose of the Sinovac vaccine against the COVID-19 during the vaccination of elderly people at La Colonia, a residence for the elderly with mental disabilites, in Sibate, Colombia, on February 24, 2021. (Photo by Raul ARBOLEDA / AFP) (Photo by RAUL ARBOLEDA/AFP via Getty Images)
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Businesses need to get ahead of climate change regulations or risk being shunned
A flare stack lights the sky from the Imperial Oil refinery in Edmonton on December 28, 2018. A coalition of climate change advocates say the new Parliament needs to stop letting anxieties in the oil patch threaten progress on cutting greenhouse gas emissions. Climate Action Network Canada along with representatives from Unifor, Lead Now, Greenpeace and 350.org say climate was the biggest factor in this election and the parties that ran on climate platforms owe it to voters to cooperate quickly to respond. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
resume review
This 52-year-old aspires to work in social services but doesn’t have a degree
Resume on the Table
obituary
Pioneer of West Coast Modernism helped shape Vancouver culture
Geoffrey Massey, portrait taken in Vancouver December 24, 2010. Photo credit: Alex Waterhouse-Hayward
business education
Creative ways Canada’s business schools are revamping leadership courses for the COVID era
Phillip Alexandre Du Plessix reflects at his “spirit spot” which was part of week long wilderness retreat course while he was a student at the University of Calgary in Calgary, Alberta, October 28, 2020. Todd Korol/The Globe and Mail
business education
Business schools aim to fill gap in Indigenous relations
Andrew Gemino, associate dean of graduate programs at Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business pictured in the Segal Graduate School of Business building on Granville Street in Vancouver on Mar. 5.
british columbia
Arrest made after woman allegedly paid to write exam at Simon Fraser University
Simon Fraser University is pictured in Burnaby, B.C., on Apr 16, 2019.
theatre & performance
Maiko Yamamoto and James Long awarded this year’s Siminovitch Prize, the first artistic duo to receive honour
Maiko Yamamoto and James Long awarded this year’s Siminovitch Prize, the first artistic duo to receive honour
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Sowing the seeds to tackle the climate crisis
University of British Columbia student HyunGu Kang poses for a photograph at the school, in Vancouver, on Oct. 1, 2019.
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Shifting the dial on gender balance through research, technology
At the time when many discussions about big data focus on risks and privacy concerns, Joy Johnson, SFU’s vicepresident, research and international, welcomes the opportunity to highlight examples of technology being used “for good.”